| The Bard's Tale | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bardstalebox.jpg) North American Xbox cover art | |
| Developer(s) | InXile Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | InXile Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Matthew Findley |
| Producer(s) | Brian Fargo |
| Designer(s) | Eric Flannum Brian Fargo Matthew Findley |
| Programmer(s) | John Alvarado Kyle Riccio Michael Winfield |
| Artist(s) | Michael Kaufman Brandon Humphreys Chris Robinson |
| Writer(s) | Matthew Findley Eric Flannum Dennis M. Miller John Parry |
| Composer(s) | Tommy Tallarico Clint Bajakian Jared Emerson-Johnson Peter McConnell Michael Land |
| Series | The Bard's Tale |
| Engine | Dark Alliance Engine |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, iOS, OS X, Linux, PlayBook, Android, Ouya, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | 26 October 2004
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Bard's Tale is an action role-playing game developed and published by inXile Entertainment in 2004 and was distributed by Vivendi Universal Games in North America and Ubisoft in Europe (The game was originally going to be distributed by Acclaim Entertainment there, until they filed for bankruptcy [2]). The game was marketed as a humorous spoof of fantasy role-playing video games. It is neither a remake nor a sequel to Interplay Productions' Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale (1985).
The Bard's Tale was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October 2004, and for Microsoft Windows in June 2005. The game was re-released on Steam in December 2009. A universal iOS version was released in December 2011 for iPhone and iPad along with the Android version. The BlackBerry PlayBook version was released in September 2012. In June 2013, the game was also ported to Ouya with full controller support.
The game was remastered in 2020 and released under the title The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.[3]
- ^ InXile Entertainment [@Inxile_Ent] (17 August 2017). "We are proud to announce that our 2004 #BardsTale has returned to the @PlayStation, available now on #PS4 & #Vita!…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Acclaim warns of possible bankruptcy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Green, Steven (7 July 2020). "The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled Review - Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.